The history of the beatles

THE BEATLES

THE HISTORY OF THE BEATLES

The Beatles were one of the most famous rock and pop groups in history. The “Fab Four”, as the Beatles were called, came from Liverpool, England. Most of the songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. George Harrison played the lead guitar and Ringo Starr played drums. In the past 50 years the Beatles have sold over a billion records and CDs. They had more number one hits than any other British pop group.

Towards the end of the 1950s John Lennon formed a group called the “Quarrymen”. Up to 1960 they changed their names a few times but finally called themselves the Beatles.

It’s widely known that the name of the group The Beatles is a combination of two words – “beat” that means удар, and “beetles” mean жуки.

John Lennon formed this group and he was the leader of The Beatles. He created the name for the Beatles.

In the early phase the Beatles were influenced by American rock and roll musicians like Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley. In 1961 a Liverpool record store owner, Brian Epstein, became their manager. The first hit single Love Me Do became an immediate success. Teenagers all over England went crazy when they saw and heard the new stars, not only because of the music but because of their personality and new hairstyle.

The Group He Formed Changed Pop-music Forever. From Their First Single “Love Me Do” In 1962, People Recognized Something Different In Their Music Than The Usual Pop-songs At The Time.

Their Songs Seemed More Tuneful And More Exciting. They Were Also More Attractive Than Many Other Performers. Soon, The Group’s Following Was Like Nothing Anyone Had Ever Seen: A Hysteria That The Newspapers Called “Beatlemania” Swept Britain And Soon, America.

In 1964 the Beatles toured the United States for the first time. A TV appearance in the legendary Ed Sullivan Show, one of the most popular TV shows at that time, made them stars at once. Thousands of young Americans went to the concerts and mass panic broke out wherever the Beatles appeared. Beatlemania was born. In the middle of 1960s the Beatles started changing their music. It became more poetic, melodic and meaningful. Lennon and McCartney started to write lyrics about many of society’s problems. The Beatles also started to experiment with electronic music and other instruments. In 1966 they played their last concert and concentrated on making music in a studio.

Although the second part of the 1960s was very successful and the Beatles released a number of hit singles, including Hey Jude, Let It Be or Get Back, the members of the band started to quarrel and pursue their own interests. In 1970 they finally broke up after 8 successful years. All of the Beatles started solo careers: John Lennon sang with his wife Yoko Ono, Paul McCartney started a new group called the Wings. Ringo Starr and George Harrison also began to sing alone.

Fans around the world hoped for a reunion of the “Fab Four” but when John Lennon was shot to death by a fanatic outside his apartment in New York in 1980 the world knew that the Beatles would never perform together again. George Harrison died of cancer in 2001. Even though their active career only lasted for a short time the legendary Beatles still live on in the hearts of millions of pop music fans around the world.

Interesting Facts About The Beatles

• The Beatles have won 7 Grammy Awards and 15 Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.

• The Beatles had 6 Diamond, 24 Multi-Platinum, 39 Platinum and 45 Gold Albums in the United States.

• The Beatles toured internationally in June 1964. They played 32 concerts over 19 days through Denmark, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand.

• After John Lennon proclaimed The Beatles were more popular than Jesus, the band suffered a huge backlash from religious groups in the United States. South Africa also banned airplay of Beatles records until 1971.

• Some of the bands early influences included Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Carl Perkins and Ray Orbison. Later, The Beatles were inspired by Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, The Byrda and The Beach Boys.

• While Let It Be was the last album to be released by The Beatles before their breakup, most of it was recorded before Abbey Road, their second last album.

• The Beatles incorporated many different sounds into their music including accidental guitar feedback and a resonating glass bottle.

• The band started as a skiffle group. However, they quickly moved into rock and roll.

• The Beatles were featured in an American Saturday morning cartoon series called ‘The Beatles’. 3 seasons (39 episodes total) were produced.

• The album Sgt. Pepper was one of the first pop albums to include completed lyrics. They were printed on the back cover.

• The Beatles performed ‘All You Need Is Love’ to worldwide television viewers on ‘Our World’, the first live global television link.

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